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JAMES W. BRYCE, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YGRK, ASSIGNOR- T0 INTERNATIONAL TIIEEE RECORDING COMPANY OF NEW' YOR 1, OF ENDICOTT, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CALCULATING-MACHINE.

Application filed July 31, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES V. BRYCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Calculating- Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention forming the subject of this application resides in what is known as an ofiice or integrating machine, which is desi ned to operate on a card suitably punched in positions which indicate two points of time, for instance, the beginning and the ending of any piece of shop work, and which calculates the elapsed time between such operations and prints it at a selected point on the card. As the machine is not intended to be operated by the workman, but to determine and record certain dates obtainable from data which have been printed and punched by the workman, its construction is such as a more intelligent clerk or operator may be safely entrusted to handle without error.

The improvements reside in this construction and constitute a new and useful oiece of mechanism for the purpose for which it is intended, the nature of the improvements being best defined by the detailed description of the mechanism by reference to the drawings which follow:

In the said drawings Figure 1, is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention.

Fig. 2, is a plan view.

Fig. 8, is a side elevation of the mechanism, the casing being in section and looking in the direction of the arrows 3-3 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 4-, is a sectional elevation taken on the line 4-l of Fig. 9.

F ig. 5, is a sectional elevation taken on the line of Fig. 9.

Fig. 6, is a sectional elevation taken onthe line 66 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 7, is an elevation of the mechanism, the casing being in section and looking in the direction of he arrows 7-7 of Fig. 9.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Serial No. 43,024.

Fig. 8, is a top view of the mechanism.

Fig. 9, is a horizontal section taken on the line 99 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 10, is a front elevation of the mechanism.

Fig. 11, is a transverse section on the line 11-11 of Fig.

Fig. 12, is a transverse section on the line 12-12 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 13, is a detail view showing a portion of the impulse mechanism.

Fig. 14, is a detail sectional view showing the transfer pinions and the type-wheel mountings.

Fig. 15, is a detail horizontal section show ing the cut out universal bar.

Fig. 16, is a detail showing a rear view of a portion of the rack guide plate.

Fig. 17, is a detail horizontal section of the rack guide plate and the pin boxes.

F 18, is a detail showing the mechanism of Fig. 7 in another position.

Fig. 19, is a perspective view of the parts used in the calculation of one elapsed time digit.

Fig. 20, is a plan view of a portion of the subtracting mechanism, in normal position.

Fig. 21, is a view similar to Fig. 20 with the parts in a position ready to subtract.

Fig. 22, is a view similar to Figs. 20 and 21, with the parts in a position of having subtracted in one column.

Figs. 2t and 25 are detail sectional elevations of the parts shown in Figs. 20, 21 and 22 and with the parts in similar corresponding positions.

Fig. 26, is a detail view of one of. the pin boxes and its associated racks and dilierential.

ig. 27, is a trout view of the parts shown in Fig. 2 i.

28, is a detail view showing a portion card rec-ever ca riage and the justitying mechanism which controls it.

Fig. 29, is a front view of the parts shown in Fig. .28.

Fig. 80, is a view similar to Fig. 28, but with the card receiver carriage depressed.

Fig. 31, is a view similar to Figs. 28 and 30, but with the card receiver carriage in its justified position.

Fig. 32, is a top view of the parts shown in Fig 28.

Fig. 33, is a front view of the mechanism which moves the ink ribbon step by step.

Fig. 34, is a side View of the parts shown in Fig. 33.

Fig.35, is a top view of the parts shown in Fig. 33.

Fig. 36, is a detail showing the oil dash pot. 7

Fig. 37, is a face View of a record card as it appears before it is placed in-the machine.

Fig. 38, is a face View of the card shown in Fig. 37, after it has been recorded upon.

Fig. 39, is a rear view of the card shown in Figs. 37, 38.

Before describing the details of the ma chine shown in the drawings, and in order that such description may be more easily understood, I will first briefly, and in a general way, describe the objects sought to be accomplished by the machine, what the operator does in working the machine and what results from its operation.

The machine, shown contained in the casing, 1, is adapted to operate on cards which have records of in and out operations printed thereon and perforations representing the time of such in and out operations. Such a card is shown at 2 (Fig. 37). The card shown is provided with a space 3 in which is printed the time of the first or in operation, and a space 4 1n which is printed the time of the second or out operation.

Card 2 is also provided with spaces 5 and 6 having printing showing the date of the in and out operations, respectively, and the department name or number or letter.

The card 2 has two sets of'perforations representing the in time and the out time of recording carried out in a mechanism such as is shown in my application. Serial Number 43,023 made on July 31st, 1915.

These perforations are one in each row representing the in operation, and are rows 7, 8, 9 and 10. (See Fig. 37). The out perforations are one each in rows 11, 12, 13 and 14.

Reference to Fig. 37 will show that the perforations in rows 7, 8, 9 and 10 represent the number 02.24 or two hours and twentyfour minutes. This is not two twenty-four oclock, but two hours and twenty-four minutes after a zero start;

The out perforations in rows 11, 12, 13 and 14 represent the number 0356, or three hours and fifty-six minutes after a zero start.

At each operation of the machine shown in the drawings the difference between the in holes and the outholes is calculated by the mechanism and the elapsed time betweenthese two records is printed upon the record card in the spaces 188 and 189, see

Fig. 38; in the example shown, this is 01 hour and 32 minutes.

To perform this calculation, the operator takes the card 2 in Fig. 37 and inserts it in in the card and the out record punched in the card. The mechanism that accomplishes this result will be presently described. The record cards 2 are stacked in a tray 292 located on top of the machine.

Gard receiver carriage and card justifying means.

This is specially illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32. For convenience, the throat plate 15, which is situated in the upper part of easing 1, is cut away on bothsides to enable the operator to insert and withdraw the card for print- 111g.

The carriage for moving the card (see Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 10) consists of side plates 23, 24 held together by rods 25, 26 and 27. The carriage has outwardly extending cars 28, 29 at the top and 28, 29 at the bottom embracing the fixed guide rods 30, 31. Gears 32, 33 on shaft 34, mounted loosely in bearings in the side frames 39, 40 and free to turn, engage with racks 35, 35 cut in the back edge of side plates 23, 24. The gears and racks serve the purpose of alining the two sides of the carriage, as pressure is applied at one side only to move the carriage. A coil spring 36 with one end fastened to the side frame 40 at 38 and with its other end attached to collar 37 fast on shaft 34 serves to keep the carriage in its normal position, and to return it to such position after it has been depressed.

Mounted on rods 25, 26, are card abutment plates 42, 43, which extend rearwardly and have abutment ledges 44, 44. In juxtaposition to the card abutment plates 42, 43 are the upwardly extending fingers 45, 46. (See Fig. 10). The carriage is moved downward and the fingers 45, 46 thrownacross the card slot by the depression of the button 16. The means shown for this purpose are illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 10'.

Depression button 16 is mountedon push 

